they considered bush a threat to america's liberty because of his defense of his war powers, yet their hero stands on similar ground. how to resolve the contradiction? easy. conclude that they were wrong the first time. nia-malika, do you think we're hearing less outrage about this because it's coming from a president who is a democrat? >> in some ways i think that's right. in president obama you had someone who campaigned in wanting to turn the page in terms of foreign policy from the bush doctrine, from the bush era policies, but in many ways has followed them and has been handed this entire security apparatus, this particular program began in 2004, about 400 strikes have happened so far. about 3,000 people have been killed, mostly pakistan, somali, yemen. but you have had this sort of deafening silence for the most part from progressives and liberals around this. you have had a few voices certainly on the hill and even on your network to raise questions about it, but by and large, the president has been given something of a pass. i think also the public has moved beyond this in some